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Robbery of some people in a car? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caper

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'robbery' is the definition.
(caper is a kind of robbery)

'some people in a car?' is the wordplay.
'some people' becomes 'pe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'pe' placed inside 'car' is 'CAPER'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for caper that I've seen before include "game" , "Recap about prank" , "jump around?" , "Frolic - bud used in cooking" , "One likely to get pickled" .)

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